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This book describes how Guyanese Hindus recreate Indian ethnic identity in contemporary Guyana and examines how Hindu traditions have been transformed in this multi-religious and multi-ethnic society. By illustrating the exchange and consumption of clothing, the book demonstrates that the practices of wearing and gifting clothes materialize and visualize relationships. The significant outward migration of Guyanese to North America has resulted in substantial international gift exchange and transnational rituals. Applying the concept of translocality, this book demonstrates that different localities continue to influence transnational networks and socio-cultural practices. It provides a study of migration that emphasizes various aspects of material and visual closeness, conceptualizing the notion of touch. .

Ethnography. --- Ethnic costume --- Hindus --- Culture --- Clothing. --- Study and teaching. --- Cultural studies --- Hindoos --- Clothing, Traditional --- Dress, Traditional --- Ethnic groups --- Folk costume --- Traditional clothing --- Traditional costume --- Traditional dress --- Clothing --- Costume --- Religious adherents --- Migration. --- Cultural Studies. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Emigration and immigration. --- Cultural studies. --- Immigration --- International migration --- Migration, International --- Population geography --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Colonization --- Guyana. --- An Ghuáin --- British Guiana --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Gaĭana Uls --- Co-operatibung Republica ning Guyana --- Co-operative Republic of Guyana --- Comharphoblacht na Guáine --- Coöperative Republic of Guyana --- Gaĭana --- Gaĭana Kooperativ Respublikaḣy --- Gaĭanæ --- Gaĭanæĭy Kooperativon Respublikæ --- Gajana --- Gajānas Kooperatīvā Republika --- Gajanos Respublika --- Gajanys Republika --- Geeaaney --- Ghuáin --- Gianah --- Giyàn --- Giyana --- Gouiana --- Guaiana --- Guayana --- Gudjanas --- Guiana --- Guidheana --- Gujána --- Gujana Kooperativa Respubliko --- Gujano --- Guyana Mama Llaqta --- Guyana Vabariik --- Guyanai Szövetkezeti Köztársaság --- Guyanako Errepublika Kooperatiboa --- Guyane --- Gvæjana --- Gvajana --- Gviana --- Gwayana --- Gweriniaeth Gydweithredol Gaiana --- Gwiana --- Hai͡ana --- Kaaperatyŭnai͡a Rėspublika Hai͡ana --- Ko-operatibo a Republika iti Guyana --- Koi-â-n --- Kooperative Republik Guyana --- Kooperativna Republika Gvajana --- Kooperativna republika Gviana --- Kooperativní republika Guyana --- Niită Gaĭanmudin Orn --- Pobblaght Cho-obbragh Gheeaaney --- Qayana --- Qayana Kooperativ Respublikası --- Repubblica Cooperativa di Guyana --- Repubblika Ko-operattiva tal-Gujana --- República Cooperativa de Güiana --- República Cooperativa de Guyana --- Republik Kooperatif Guyana --- Republik Koperativel Guyana --- Republika Gvajana --- Republiḳah ha-shitufit shel Gianah --- République coopérative du Guyana --- Repúbrica Cuperativa de Guyana --- Res Publica Cooperativa Guianensis --- Samvinnulýðveldið Gvæjana --- Synergatikē Dēmokratia tēs Gouianas --- Tlachiuhca Tlācatlahtohcāyōtl Guyana --- Wayana --- Koi-â-nâ --- République coopérative de Guyane

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"Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyzes and discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities, among both individuals and groups. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Rather than presenting a universal, essentialized history of tattooing, the volume's objective is to focus on the entangled and transcultural histories, narratives, and practices related to tattoos. Contributions stem from various fields, including Archaeology, Art History, Classics, History, Linguistics, Media and Literary Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, and Sociology. They advance the current endeavour on the part of tattoo scholars to challenge Eurocentric and North American biases prevalent in much of tattoo research, by including various analyses based in locations such as Malaysia, Israel, East Africa, and India. The thematic focus is on the transformative capacity of tattoos and tattooing, with regard to the social construction of bodies and subjectivity; the (re-)creation of social relationships through the definition of (non-)tattooed others; the formation and consolidation of group identities, traditions, and authenticity; and the conceptualization of art and its relevance to tattoo artist-tattooee relations"--

Tattooing --- Cross-cultural studies

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»Caribbean Food Cultures« approaches the matter of food from the perspectives of anthropology, sociology, cultural and literary studies. Its strong interdisciplinary focus provides new insights into symbolic and material food practices beyond eating, drinking, cooking, or etiquette. The contributors discuss culinary aesthetics and neo/colonial gazes on the Caribbean in literary documents, audiovisual media, and popular images. They investigate the negotiation of communities and identities through the preparation, consumption, and commodification of »authentic« food. Furthermore, the authors emphasize the influence of underlying socioeconomic power relations for the reinvention of Caribbean and Western identities in the wake of migration and transnationalism. The anthology features contributions by renowned scholars such as Rita De Maeseneer and Fabio Parasecoli who read Hispano-Caribbean literatures and popular culture through the lens of food studies. »Durch diese wissenschaftliche Aufbereitung lässt sich verfolgen, wie mit fortschreitender Globalisierung das Einzelne und Besondere weiter zu existieren vermag, wie es sich verändert oder aber auch im Austausch mit anderen Kulturen verloren geht. Die Kurzbiografien der beteiligten Autoren lassen erkennen, wie vielseitig das Herangehen an die Thematik erfolgte.« Amerindian Research, 9/3 (2014) Besprochen in: Crolar, 4/2 (2015), Raúl Matta

Food Studies; Caribbean; (Post-)Colonialism; Cultural Identity; Transnationalism; Consumption; Authenticity; Postcolonialism; Culture; Latin America; Cultural Studies --- (Post-)Colonialism. --- Authenticity. --- Caribbean. --- Consumption. --- Cultural Identity. --- Cultural Studies. --- Culture. --- Latin America. --- Postcolonialism. --- Transnationalism.

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French Guyane, Guyana and Suriname are not often focused on. Sometimes French Guyane is believed to be an island, and one often wonders where Guyana is situated, or Suriname. This collection of essays aims to increase the visibility of the Guyanas and more particularly of the three countries mentioned above. It also means to contribute to scholarship already published and share the knowledge across various disciplinary fields. It will question the traditional divide between disciplines as the best way to approach such complex territories that contain many geographies, histories, languages and cultures. Moving away from simplistic and binary perspectives, the contributors of the volume address these questions that revisit colonial and postcolonial identities, and the porosity between their borders. What can the Guyanas do for us and what can we do for them? Creative and academic writers such as Gaiutra Bahadur, Sonja Boon, Janette Bulkan, Juanita Cox, Tim Cribb, Cyril Dabydeen, Charles Forsdick, Lisa Katharina Grund, Kathleen Gyssels, Natalie Hopkinson, Ateeka Khan, Sinah Kloß, Michael Mitchell, Gabriel Cambraia Neiva, Clem Seecharan, Janice Lowe Shinebourne, explore their Guyanas and others’. La Guyane française, le Guyana et le Suriname ne sont pas souvent au centre des intérêts de tout un chacun. Parfois la Guyane française est prise pour une île et on se demande souvent où sont situés le Guyana ou le Suriname. Les essais réunis dans ce volume ont pour but d’augmenter la visibilité des Guyanes, et plus particulièrement des trois pays mentionnés. L’intention est aussi d’enrichir la recherche déjà publiée et de partager les connaissances de façon interdisciplinaire. Ce volume s’efforcera de mettre en question la division traditionnelle entre les champs universitaires : une telle division est-elle le meilleur moyen d’approcher des territoires si complexes, aux géographies, histoires, langues et cultures si multiples ? S’éloignant d’une approche binaire qui serait…

Geography --- écotones --- Guyane française --- Guyana --- Suriname --- migration --- travail engagé --- ecotones --- French Guyane --- indentured labour